• DOI:10.1080/0067270X.2011.580142
Corpus ID: 55763047

The first migrants to Madagascar and their introduction of plants: linguistic and ethnological evidence

@article{Beaujard2011TheFM,
  title={The first migrants to Madagascar and their introduction of plants: linguistic and ethnological evidence},
  author={Philippe Beaujard},
  journal={Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa},
  year={2011},
  volume={46},
  pages={169 - 189}
}

Philippe Beaujard

Published 2011

History

Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa

The Austronesians who settled in Madagascar in the first millennium of the Christian Era were probably different from the Austronesians who reached the East African coast earlier at different times, bringing bananas, taro and yam (Blench 2010). Largely based on linguistic data, this article proposes that four plants were brought by the first Austronesians in Madagascar: rice, the greater yam, coconut and Indian saffron. These plants helped the Austronesians to begin the process of colonising… CONTINUE READING

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